Over the summer local Jewish funding agencies announced their allocations for the coming year. The grant process has become quite competitive as more agencies and organizations apply for assistance to continue their programming for the community. Amounts granted are dependent upon the amounts received from campaigns and funds held by community foundations. Tucson The 2014…
Imagine a cross between George Jetson and Norman Rockwell, and you’d be close to describing Dr. Mark Gettleman’s revolutionary new medical practice, Dr. Goofy GettWell Pediatrics. Dr. Gettleman, a well-respected Valley pediatrician who ran one of the nation’s top pediatric practices* for the past 15 years, has gone solo to bring together the high-tech advancements…
Arizona State University 1151 S Forest Ave. Tempe, AZ 85281 480-965-7788 asu.edu Arizona State University is gaining national attention for its efforts to increase access to high-quality, rigorous education with a focus on inclusion and impact. The university is ranked as the second most innovative school in the country by U.S. News & World Report,…
Recognizing that learning is a lifelong process, adults start or return to universities at any age to further their career goals. Many adults also enjoy less rigorous adult education programs to expand their understanding and knowledge about the religion, culture and language of the Jewish people. Social and networking groups are another way to learn…
This year’s bar and bat mitzvah cohort at Temple Chai was challenged by Rabbi Bonnie Koppell to choose topics and then craft Ten Commandments related to their choice. The rabbi explains, “On Shabbat one of the members of the clergy sits with the group and studies Torah. When it was my turn the Torah dealt…
After 49 very happily married years to his wife, Ellen, Steve Rosenbaum has fallen in love again – and Ellen is all for it. This time Steve’s love affair is with Arizona Friends of Israeli Scouts, a program he chairs and enjoys with Ellen’s heartfelt support, commitment and dedication. The Rosenbaum’s back story in the…
“Personal accountability!” my husband, Mark, and I chimed out in sync at a Saturday morning family school session at our synagogue. “Taking responsibility for one’s actions.” We’d been asked by our rabbi to name something we’d learned from our parents and hoped to pass along to our kids. Lots of parents had good answers: “work…
A Top 10 semifinalist for 2014 Arizona Teacher of the Year, Amy Furman never even intended to be a teacher until she encountered the 1990s evolution of teaching theory to focus on meeting the needs of all students. Since 2001 Amy has taught 7th grade language arts at Aprende Middle School in the Kyrene Elementary…
We probably didn’t need the recent Pew study on Jewish practice and behaviors to know that many Jewish youngsters end their Jewish education with a bar/bat mitzvah. Some pick up again when they go to college; many more wait until they have children of their own before they re-engage. Others never return to the Jewish…
